Program Overview Saturday 25 to Saturday 1 June Subject to change. Saturday 25 May 8:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:00am

Short Course: Treatment of Nickel-Cobalt Laterites

Botanicals Foyer Botanical Four

Sunday 26 May 12:00-5:00pm

Exhibitor Bump-In

2:00-6:00pm

Registration

5:00pm

Icebreaker Drinks

Grand Ballroom I Convention Centre Foyer Exhibition, Grand Ballroom I

Monday 27 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast

7:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Convention Centre Foyer and Exhibition

8:30am

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

Grand Ballroom II

5:00pm

Welcome Reception

Studio One

Exhibition

Tuesday 28 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast

7:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Convention Centre Foyer and Exhibition

8:30am

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

Grand Ballroom II

7:00pm

Conference Dinner

Studio One

(Astral I)

Wednesday 29 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (Studio One)

7:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

Convention Centre Foyer and Exhibition

8:30am

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

Grand Ballroom II

Thursday 30 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast

7:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

8:30am

Uranium-REE Sessions

8:30am

Gold Sessions

5:00pm

Happy Hour

The Studio Convention Centre Foyer and Exhibition In parallel with Gold

(Astral I)

In parallel with Uranium-REE

(Astral II) (Exhibition)

Friday 31 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast

7:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

8:30am

Uranium-REE Sessions

8:30am

Gold Sessions

The Studio Convention Centre Foyer and Exhibition In parallel with Gold

(Astral I)

In parallel with Uranium-REE

(Astral II)

Saturday 1 June 8:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:00am

Short Course: Heap Leaching & its Application to Copper, Gold, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt Botanical Four

Current at: Wednesday, 22 May 2013

Botanicals Foyer

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Short Course Saturday 25 May Treatment of Nickel-Cobalt Laterites 8:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:00am

Session 1

10:30am

Morning Tea

10:45am

Session 2

12:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm

Session 3

2:45pm

Afternoon Tea

3:00pm

Session 4

4:30pm

Close

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Topics Covered Ore Characterization and Process Implications • • •

Idealized Orebody Profile Real Orebodies Metallurgical Implications

Processes Under Development •

Commercial Treatment Processes •

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Pressure Acid Leaching History - PAL Operations - Basic Flowsheet - Advantages and Disadvantages - Simplified PAL Reactions - Major Process Parameters - First PAL Plant –Moa Bay - Next Stage of PAL Development - Second Generation PAL Plants - Third Generation PAL Plants - Typical PAL Plant Design Criteria - Autoclaves - Preheaters - CCD Thickeners - Downstream Process Selection - Materials of Construction - Future Innovations Reduction Roast-Ammonia leach (Caron) Process - History - Operations - Basic Flowsheet - Principles of Process - Key Reactions - Yabulu Operation - Advantages and Disadvantages Smelting Processes - History - Operations - Process Principles - Advantages and Disadvantages - Ferronickel Smelting - Matte Smelting - New Smelting Projects - Smelting Process Developments - Koniambo Project

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Heap Leaching - Status and Issues - Potential Advantages - Heap Leach Projects - Caldag Project - Murrin Murrin Project Atmospheric Agitated Tank Leaching - Status and Issues - Potential Advantages - Projects - Caldag Project

Proposed Processes • • • •

Segregation Roasting Sulphation Roast Republic Steel Process Aqueous Chlorination Process

Laterite Project Development • • • •

Scoping Phase Prefeasibility Phase Final Feasibility Phase Environmental Aspects

Case Histories • • • • •

Moa Bay PAL Coral Bay (Rio Tuba) PAL Yabulu Reduction Roast-Ammonia Leach Cero Motoso Ferronickel Smelting PT Inco Matte Smelting

Postcript – Nickel Pig Iron Production

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Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Program Sunday 26 to Wednesday 29 May Subject to change. Sunday 26 May 12:00-5:00pm

Exhibitor Buroymmp-In (Grand Ballroom I)

2:00-6:00pm

Registration (Convention Centre Foyer)

5:00-7:00pm

Icebreaker Drinks (Exhibition, Grand Ballroom I)

Monday 27 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (Studio One)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

(Grand Ballroom II) Sponsored by CYTEC Industries Inc Welcome and Conference Opening Address

8:30am

Innovation in Mineral Processing: Where Are We Headed? Jonathan Law, Director, Minerals Down Under Flagship, CSIRO (Australia) Treatment of Laterites Chairperson: Peter Jolly, Highlands Pacific Ltd (Australia)

9:30am

The DNi Process - Breaking New Ground Dr Fiona McCarthy, Graham Brock, Direct Nickel Pty Ltd (Australia)

10:00am

Validation of Nickel Laterite Diagnostic Leaching Protocol Rebecca L Meakin, Laura L Kuhar, Nicole M Chapman, David J Robinson, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering (Australia) Morning Tea (Exhibition)

10:30am 11:00am

Upgrading Nickel/Cobalt Laterites by Simple Physical Means Hal Aral, Jervois Mining Ltd (Australia)

11:30am

A Review of the RKEF Process for the Treatment of Laterites Michael Walton, RefMet (Australia) Mineral Processing

12:00pm

High Throughput XRF Ore Sorting of Disseminated Sulphides Gavin Rech, John Scott, TOMRA Sorting Solutions (Australia)

12:30pm

Co-Treatment of Oxide Ore with Nickel Tailings at Mt Windarra Michael Rodriguez, Poseidon Nickel Ltd, John Vagenas, Elemental Engineering (Australia)

1:00pm

Lunch (Exhibition) Chairperson: TseWei Chang, Senior Technical Specialist, BASF (Australia)

2:00pm

The Unique Properties of Methane Sulfonic Acid for the Mining Industry Henning Urch, BASF (Germany) Solid/Liquid Separation

2:30pm

Development of the Next Generation Thickener Featuring the Radflow™- Feedwell Technology Mark Langton, Roymec Technologies (Pty) Ltd (South Africa) Heap Leaching

3:00pm 3:30pm

The Use of Diagnostic Techniques to Reduce Bacterial Heap Leach Development Time Jason Fewings, Western Areas/BioHeap (Australia) Afternoon Tea (Exhibition) SX/IX

4:00pm

Recovery of Acid by Solvent Extraction from Mining Waste and Process Solutions Uchenna K Kesieme, Chu Yong Cheng, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (Australia); Hal Aral, Jervois Mining Limited (Australia); Uchenna K Kesieme, Hal Aral, Mikel Duke, Nicholas Milne Institute of Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University (Australia)

4:30pm

Mass Transfer Efficiency in SX Mixers R Sheinman, Y Kokotov, L Braginsky, Turbulent Technologies Ltd (Israel); J Riordan, Tenova Bateman Technologies Ltd (Australia), M Vancas, Tenova Bateman Technologies Ltd (USA)

5:00-7:00pm

Welcome Reception (Exhibition) Sponsored by Dynamic Materials Corporation

Current at: Saturday, 1 June 2013

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Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Program Sunday 26 to Wednesday 29 May Subject to change. Tuesday 28 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (Studio One)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

(Grand Ballroom II) Sponsored by CYTEC Industries Inc

Chairperson: Murdoch Mackenzie, Independent Consultant (Australia) SX/IX (continued)

8:30am

Recovery of Nickel and Cobalt from Leach Solutions Containing Iron and Aluminium Using Ion Exchange Resins Zhaowu Zhu, Yoko Pranolo, Chu Yong Cheng, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (Australia)

9:00am

Crud Processing Improvements Using ACORGA® CB™ 1000 Crud Busting Reagent Tyler McCallum, Matthew Soderstrom, Troy Bednarski, Presenter: Violina Cocalia, Cytec Industries Inc (Australia/USA) Agitation

9:30am

Design of Agitators for Storage and Surge Tanks with High Yield Stress Fluids Wolfgang Keller, Jochen Jung , EKATO RMT (Germany) EW/ER

10:00am

10:30am

High Current Density Copper Electrowinning at Tenke Fungurume Mining Company Scot Sandoval, Aldry Luzanga, Olivier Tshifungat, Anand Raman, Tenke Fungurume Mining Company, An Affiliate of FreeportMcMoRan Copper & Gold Inc, Democratic Republic of Congo (USA/DRC) Morning Tea (Exhibition)

11:00am

On-line Systems for Electro-Refining Operational Efficiency Improvement and Quality Control Ari Rantala, Outotec (Finland)

11:30am

HELM Tracker Cathode Current Sensing Technology Jacklyn Steeples, Ephrem Gebrehiwot, Guang Yeung, Freeport McMoRan (USA); Rob Fraser, Tim Johnston, John Yesberg, Sebastien Nolet, Chris Boon, Hatch Associates (Australia) Hydro Processing

12:00pm

Early Evaluation of Metal Extraction Projects Mike Dry, Arithmetek Inc (Canada)

12:30pm

Milling in Acid/Copper Raffinate the MUMI Operation DRC Graeme Miller, Miller Metallurgical Services (Australia); Keith Kendall, SENET Engineers (South Africa); John Grosse, Standford Saungweme, MUMI sprl, (DRC) Lunch (Exhibition)

1:00pm

Chairperson: John O’Callaghan, Outotec (Finland)

2:00pm

Teck’s CESL Nickel Process: Advancing Towards a Commercial Ready Hydromet Solution for Low Grade Sulphides A Miller, K Mayhew, T McCoy, R Mean, Teck Resources Limited/CESL Limited (Canada)

2:30pm

Economic Evaluation of a Nickel-Copper Bioleaching Project P J van Staden, M Gericke, S W Robertson, Mintek (South Africa); L Sylwestrzak, Tenova Mining & Minerals (Australia) Pty Ltd

3:00pm

Tiger Resource’s Kipoi Copper Project Stage 11 – Phased Development of A 50,000tpa Integrated Agitated Leach, Heap Leach, SX-EW David Readette, Mworx Pty Ltd (Australia); Brad Marwood, Tiger Resources Ltd (Australia)

3:30pm

Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

4:30pm

The Ausenco Copper Process S R La Brooy and J Claflin, Ausenco (Australia)

4:00pm

A Case Study for Recovery and Purification of Nickel Using Continuous Countercurrent Ion Exchange Mark Langton, Roymec Technologies, (South Africa ); Bernard Wijnberg, IONEX Separations (Netherlands)

7:00pm Drinks 7:30pm Dinner 10:30pm Close

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Dinner (Astral One) Sponsored by Mogas Industries Keynote Address

PAL - The Great Survivor: Part II Alan Taylor, Managing Director, ALTA Metallurgical Services Current at: Saturday, 1 June 2013

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Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Program Sunday 26 to Wednesday 29 May Subject to change. Wednesday 29 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (Studio One)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions

(Grand Ballroom II) Sponsored by CYTEC Industries Inc

Chairperson: Rob Burger, SGS Mineral Services (Australia) Chloride Processing

8:30am

Further Development of the Chloride Process for Base and Light Metals: Miniplant and Pilot Plant Data Bryn Harris, Carl White, Neomet Technologies Inc (Canada); Presenter: Mike Dry, Arithmetek (Canada)

9:00am

Innovative Process for the Recovery of Base Metals V I Lakshmanan, R Sridhar, R deLaat, J Chen, MA Halim, R Roy, Process Research Ortech Inc (Canada)

9:30am

Development of Chloride Based Metal Extraction Techniques - Advancements and Setbacks Herbert Weissenbaeck, Benedikt Nowak, Dieter Vogl, Horst Krenn, SMS Siemag AG (Austria)

10:00am

Morning Tea (Exhibition)

10:30am

Nickel Extraction from Laterite Ores by Leaching with Hydrochloric Acid Benedikt Nowak, Dieter Vogl, Herbert Weissenbaeck, SMS Siemag Process Technologies GmbH (Austria) PAL Forum

11:00am

How to Mitigate Costs of Titanium Repairs on Remote Mine Sites Ray Tresenrider, Tricor Metals (USA); Joe Bandiera , Weld Management Service (Australia)

11:30am

Nanostructured and Conventional Cr2O3, TiO2 and TiO2-Cr2O3 Thermal Sprayed Coatings for Metal Seated Ball Valve Applications in Hydrometallurgy Luc Vernhes, Craig Bekins, Nicholas Lourdel, Velan (Canada); Dominique Poirier, Rogerio S Lima, National Research Council of Canada (Canada); Duanjie Li, Jolanta E Klemberg-Sapieha, Polytechnique Montreal (Canada) Lunch (Exhibition)

12:00pm

Chairperson: Peter Dickson, SNC-Lavalin (Australia)

1:00pm

Potential for CO2 Sequestration as Mineral Carbonate Within Ni Laterite Processing Karen Steel, Kimia Alizadehhesari, Kristiane Fox, Reydick Balucan, The University of Queensland (Australia)

1:30pm

The Goro Nickel Process – An Outsiders Perspective David White, Independent Consultant (Australia)

2:00pm

2:30pm

Engineering Aspects of the Selective Acid Leading Process for Refining Mixed NickelCobalt Hydroxide J Vaughan, W Hawker, The University of Queensland (Australia); T Keating, UniQuest Pty Ltd (Australia); J Cox, Ausenco (Australia) Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

3:00pm

PAL PANEL Conference Close

Current at: Saturday, 1 June 2013

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Uranium-REE Program Thursday 30 to Friday 31 May Subject to change. Thursday 30 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (The Studio)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Uranium-REE Sessions

(Astral I)

Sponsored by GBM Welcome and Keynote Address

8:30am

Resin-in-Pulp and its Challenges for the Ion Exchange Resin - Time for a New Resin Solution for RIP? Areski Rezkallah, Global Technical Leader-Uranium, Dow Chemical (France) Project Development Chairperson: Zeyad El-Ansary, AMEC (Australia)

9:30am

Letlhakane Uranium Project Paul Woolrich, Paul Callender, Brent Laws, Paul Thompson, A-CAP Resources Ltd (Australia/Botswana); David Cairns, Consultant (Australia); Alan Taylor, ALTA Metallurgical Services (Australia); Grenvil Dunn, Orway Mineral Consultants (Australia); Randall Pyper, Kappes Cassidy & Associates (Australia)

10:00am

Resources Regulation Under Harmonised Legislation Simon Ridge, Department of Mines and Petroleum, WA (Australia)

10:30am

Morning Tea (Exhibition)

11:00am

Review & Enhancement of Environmental Regulations Applying to Uranium in WA Daniel Endacott, Department of Mines and Petroleum, WA (Australia) Process Technology

11:30am

Current Challenges with the Processing of Uranium Ores Damian Connelly, METS (Australia)

12:00pm

Recent Advances in Ion Exchange Technologies for Uranium Recovery Stefan Neufeind, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Liquid Purification Technologies (Germany)

12:30pm

Heap Leach Height and Recovery Estimates from Column Leach Test Results T Apelt, K Forrester, M Short, GBM Minerals Engineering Consultants Ltd (UK); L Stefan, Macusani Yellowcake Inc (Canada)

1:00pm

Lunch (Exhibition) Chairperson: John Riordan, Tenova Mining & Minerals (Australia)

2:00pm

Development of a Process Proxy to Determine the Leachability of Uranium Ore Samples Nicole L Turner, Laura L Kuhar, David J Robinson, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering (Australia)

2:30pm

The Kvanefjeld Process DGI Krebs, D Furfaro, Greenland Minerals and Energy Limited (Australia)

3:00pm

Uranium Overview: Precipitation to Converter Glen Jobling, Adelaide Control Engineering Pty Ltd (Australia) Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

3:30pm 4:00pm

Uranium Process Simulation John Vagenas, Elemental Engineering (Australia)

4:30pm

Remediation of Environmental Impact of Acidic Dams of Mines Through Membrane Process Renato Ramos, Osmar Cunha DOW Brazil (Brazil), Fabio Rodrigues, Mauricio Ribeiro, Brazilian Nuclear Industries (INB) (Brazil); Walter Scassiotti, Peter Aerts, DOW Benelux BV (The Netherlands) Happy Hour (Exhibition)

5:00-6:00pm

Current at: Saturday, 1 June 2013

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Uranium-REE Program Thursday 30 to Friday 31 May Subject to change. Friday 31 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (The Studio)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Uranium-REE Sessions

(Astral I)

Sponsored by GBM Chairperson: Cushla Connolly, Dow Water & Process Solutions (Australia) Rare Earth Elements

8:30am

Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Complex and Low Grade Deposits Christoph Pawlik, Mintek (South Africa)

9:00am

Challenges in Rare Earth Processing Karin Soldenhoff, ANSTO (Australia)

9:30am

Centralized Rare Earths Processing – Challenges and Benefits Volha Yahorava, Leon Krȕger , Mintek (South Africa)

10:00am

Morning Tea (Exhibition) SX

10:30am

Uranium Recovery from Alkaline Leach Solutions Using Cyphos® 1L 101 Zhaowu Zhu, Yoko Pranonol, Chu Yong Cheng, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (Australia)

11:00am

Critical Aspects for Consideration in the Design of a Uranium SX Circuit Scott Poulter, Nick Johns, Rob Fraser, Vic Brady, Hatch Associates Pty Ltd (Australia)

11:30am

+30 y Operational Know-How Implemented in AngloGold Ashanti’s SUP SX Replacement Project Alan Miller, Tenova/Bateman Advanced Technologies (Israel), Leon Harmsen, AngloGold Anshanti (South Africa) Lunch (Exhibition)

12:00pm

Chairperson: Grenvil Dunn, Orway Mineral Consultants (WA) Pty Ltd (Australia) Uranium IX Forum

1:00pm

Ion Exchange Resins for Uranium Recovery: the Durability Question Explored Johanna van Deventer, Purolite International (South Africa)

1:30pm

The Role of Chelating Resins in Uranium Processing Mark Ogden, Karin Soldenhoff, ANSTO (Australia)

2:00pm

Approaches for Rejection of Impurities in Uranium Ion Exchange Tresha Udayar, Volha Yahorava, Marthie Kotze, Mintek (South Africa)

2:30pm

Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

3:00pm

Power of CIX for Hydrometallurgy Mark Langton, Roymec Technologies (South Africa ); Bernard Wijnberg, Gordon Rossiter, IONEX Separations (Netherlands/USA)

3:30pm

PANEL Conference Close

Current at: Saturday, 1 June 2013

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Gold Program Thursday 30 to Friday 31 May Subject to change. Thursday 30 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (The Studio)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Gold Sessions (Astral II) Sponsored by Koch Knight LLC Welcome and Keynote Address

8:30am

Gravity Gold Recovery – Lessons Learnt from 15 Years of Laboratory and Plant Studies Professor Jacques Eksteen, Manager Gold Technology Group, Curtin University (Australia) Authors: JJ Eksteen, WP Staunton, GM Wardell-Johnson, Curtin University (Australia) Refractory Gold Ores Chairperson: Mark Martin, Koch Knight LLC (Australia)

9:30am

Update on Microbial Leaching at Elevated pH Using BioHeap™ Technology Tim McCredde, Shawn Seet, BioHeap Ltd (Australia)

10:00am

Pokrovskiy Pressure Oxidation (POX) Hub Petr Zaytsev, Yakov Shneerson, Victor Fedorov, Petropavlovsk (Russia), John O’Callaghan, Timo Haakana, Ari Kaartti, Outotec (Finland) Morning Tea (Exhibition)

10:30am 11:00am

Pressure Oxidation of Double Refractory Gold Concentrates Ilia Fomenko, Peter Zaytsev, Michael Pleshkov, Lev Chugaev, Yakov Shneerson, SRC Hydrometallurgy, LLC (Russia)

11:30am

The Role of Modelling in POX Project Development Karel Osten, Ryan Harrison, AMEC (Australia)

12:00pm

Autoclave Technology of Refractory Gold-Bearing Pyrrhotite Concentrates and Residues of Bioleaching JM Shneerson, LV Chugaev, A Markelov, SRC Hydrometallurgy, Russia; MT Zhunusov, Polyus Gold International (Russia); S Drozdov, ZAO Polyus (Russia) HPGR

12:30pm

HRC: Taking HPGR Efficiency to the Next Level by Reducing Edge Effect Victoria Herman, Metso Corporation (USA)

1:00pm

Lunch (Exhibition) Chairperson: Karel Osten, AMEC (Australia) Process Technology

2:00pm

Precious Metals Recovery In KGHM: Głogów Copper Smelter & Refinery Władysław Wroński, Tomasz Walkowiak, Stanisław Nosal, Zbigniew Gostyński Piotr Poks, KGHM PM SA (Poland)

2:30pm

New Technologies for PGM Recovery from Refining Streams Grant Mascini, PhosphonicS (South Africa/UK)

3:00pm

Optimizing Hydrofoil Blade Geometry for Slurry Tank Agitators Graham Seal, SPX Flow Technology (Australia/USA) Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

3:30pm 4:00pm

MINTEK AuSimPro: Gold Process Advisor Sonestie Janse van Rensburg, Marthie Kotze, Mintek (South Africa)

4:30pm

Process Modelling of Gold Leaching-CIP/CIL for Plant Optimisation JJ Eksteen, WP Staunton, GM Wardell-Johnson, A Bax, Curtin University (Australia) Happy Hour (Exhibition)

5:00-6:00pm

Current at: Wednesday, 29 May 2013

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Gold Program Thursday 30 to Friday 31 May Subject to change. Friday 31 May 7:30am

Presenters Breakfast (The Studio)

7:30am

Registration (Foyer) and Welcome Coffee (Exhibition)

Gold Sessions (Astral II) Sponsored by Koch Knight LLC Chairperson: Paul Breuer, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (Australia) Environmental

8:30am

Assessing Some Environmental Impacts of Mining, Mineral Processing and Metal Production (presentation will focus mainly on Gold and ISL of Gold) Nawshad Haque, Terry Norgate, CSIRO Minerals Down Under Flagship (Australia) Cyanide Alleviation Forum

9:00am

Development of Chloride Gold Process Ville Miettinen, Mika Haapalainen, Riina Ahtiainen, Janne Karonen, Outotec (Finland) Oy (Finland)

9:30am

Meeting the Challenges of Sustainability: Utilization of Chemically Modified Pure Cellulose for Quantitative Separation of Gold from Acidic Solution Manju Gurung, Birendra Babu Adhikari, Xiangpeng Gao, Shafiq Alam, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada); Katsutoshi Inoue, Saga University (Japan) Morning Tea (Exhibition)

10:00am 10:30am

Factors Affecting Gold Leaching in Thiosulfate-O2 Solutions Hongguang Zhang, Xianwen Dai, Paul Breuer, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship (Australia)

11:00am

Thiosulfate Processing: From Lab Curiosity to Commercial Application Yeonuk Choi, Barrick Gold Corp, (Canada)

11:30am

Integrating SART Into Metallurgical Flowsheets for Cyanide Recovery David Kratochvil, Nelson Chan, Andrew Hall, BioteQ Environmental Technologies (Canada)

12:00pm

Lunch (Exhibition) Chairperson: Shafiq Alam, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada)

1:00pm

Technologies for Cyanide Effluent Treatment of Tailings in Gold Mining Stephen Gos, Andrea Christiansen, Bernd Gloeckler, CyPlus GmbH (Germany)

1:30pm

Comparison of AVR and Membrane Technology in Cyanide Recovery X Dai, P Breuer, CSIRO Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship, CSIRO Process Science and Engineering (Australia)

2:00pm

Detox Process Design Randy J Agius, Nick Katsikaros, Gekko Systems (Australia)

2:30pm

Afternoon Tea (Exhibition)

3:00pm

Cyanide Destruction Recovery Options and Management Strategies for Gold Plant Tailings D Connelly, Mineral Engineering Technical Services Pty Ltd (METS) (Australia)

3:30pm

Water Management for Gold Recovery Using Alternative Lixiviants to Cyanide S R La Brooy, Ausenco (Australia); P Smith, Proxa Australia (Pty) Ltd (Australia)

4:00pm

PANEL Conference Close

Current at: Wednesday, 29 May 2013

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Short Course Saturday 1 June Heap Leaching and its Application to Copper, Gold, Uranium & Nickel-Cobalt 8:30am

Registration and Welcome Coffee

9:00am

Session 1

10:30am

Morning Tea

10:45am

Session 2

12:15pm

Lunch

1:15pm

Session 3

2:45pm

Afternoon Tea

3:00pm

Session 4

4:30pm

Close

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Topics Covered Heap Leaching Technology General • • • • • • • • • •

Basics Alternative Process Flowsheets Layout Pad Design Liner Selection Ore Transport and Heap Building Methods Solution Management Operation and Control Cold and Wet Climate Operation Remining of Partially Leached Heaps

Applications of Heap Leaching •

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Application to Copper Ores - Role of Bacteria in Treatment of Sulphide Ores - Alternative Ferrous Re-Oxidizing Methods - Typical Copper Heap Leach Design Criteria Application to Gold Ores Application to Uranium Ores Application to Nickel Ores

Testwork and Scale-up Industry Trends

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